The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-05
Garm Mntes.

good start, keep ahead all summer
and thrash out best in the fall.
The remark of the colored brother,
that Cousin de wedder is mighty po'
farmin'," is unquestionably true. !
1t is folly to require the hired man
and the boys to "put the tools in their
places" unless you have provided a
place, and a suitable and convenient
one at that.
Small fruit growing used to be con
sidered a branch of horticulture. Re-
Gently many have conducted it as if it
belonged to agriculture. The result
is not surprising.
1t is the same with an animal as
with a steam boiler-the more COM
plete the combustion of food or fuel it
gets, the more satisfactory will be the
result, because there is less waste.
At this season care must be taken
in setting hens, to have the nest SO
made that eggs will not roll away
from the hen, and have no more eggs
than can be covered and kept warm.
Get small trees from the nurseries
at least moderate sized ones. They
cost less, the freight is less, labor of
planting is less, and they will most
likely be less injured by transplanting.
A poultry raiser and writer says he
has developed the laying strain of his
fowls by setting the eggs from his
best laying hens. Right here is a
valuable suggestion for any one who
raises poultry.
A chicken whose feathers curl to-
ward the head, instead of lying fiat,
is a freak of nature not infrequent.
Such birds are known as frizzled flows.
This characteristic may be perpetuated
by breeding to a similar mate.
The lessons the farmer learns by
experience are good but expensive.
The person who has not been trained
to habits of observation hardly be
expected to be anything else but a slow
scholar, even in learning the habits
and nature Of objects by which he is
daily surrounded.
Chickens can stand a hard rain occa-
sionally, but a house that is damp and
full of bad odors is a regular death
trap, and a breeder of diseases. Half
the diseases of poultry are traceable to
damp houses, and compelling the
ah;o1y1rc 70 rooc+ -,ho,o &lo or o+ri1xoo
them through cracks and crevices.
Whatever tends to promote the
general health and thrift of the tree
will also free both tree and fruit from
the blight and scab. Good drainage
will aid in accomplishing this, so will
more open planting of trees, which
allows more sunshine among the
branches-the great vitalizer and
giver of life.
Producing good crops goes far to-
ward making a successful farmer, but
there are other qualifications required
beside that of being able to produce
good crops. The successful farmer
must, be a good business man, as we'll
as a good grower Of crops. He must
know how to market a crop after he
has raised it.
Editor Cheever, 1t the dairyman's
meeting, called attention to the fact
that there are two distinct fermenta-
tions that may take place in milk.
One, the acetic, requires a rather high
temperature, and produces ordinary
souring the other, the Tactic, takes
place at a low temperature and makes
the cream better.
COW HIN IN LEsH.
A COW poor when she drops her calf
in the spring is never brought up to
her best while being MIXED. With
the richest feed she may gain in flesh,
but it will soon be at the expense of
her milk yield, It is far more salts
factory to have the COW in the first
flow of milk in good condition, when
her yield may be stimulated by succu-
lent food, without. reducing her flesh
too much. A really good COW will
lose flesh rather than gain it while in
FULL how OF milk.
CARE OF POULTRY MANURE.
Farmers commonly understand the
value of the manure from their poul-
try, but as it is generally used in small
quantities with the seed, great care is
taken to prevent it from becoming
mixed-with straw and litter, which
would prevent IFS aaSv distribution tt